Aloa lactinea (Cramer, [1777]) - Red Costate Tiger Moth

Taxonomic Information

List of Aloa Walker, 1855 known from India.
Aloa albistriga Walker, 1864. India (South India, Odisha).
Aloa collaris Hampson, 1891. S. India (Nilgiris: TL).
Aloa lactinea (Cramer, 1777). India (Kolkata, Arunachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Nagaland,
Manipur, Maharashtra, Kerala, Himachal Pradesh, Karnataka).

List of Neoaloa Singh & Kirti, 2015 from India.
Neoaloa flavimargo (Hampson, 1894). Nepal; Myanmar. 
Neoaloa cernyi Singh & Joshi, 2018. India (Valmiki Tiger Reserve, Bihar: TL). 
Neoaloa pseudoflavimargo Singh, Kirti & Kaleka, 2015. India: Assam. 

Photo Gallery and Species Biology

Aloa lactinea - Red Costate Tiger Moth


StateJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecNo date
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Andhra Pradesh
Arunachal Pradesh21
Assam
Bihar
Chandigarh
Chhattisgarh
Dadra & Nagar Haveli
Daman & Diu
Delhi
Goa
Gujarat
Haryana
Himachal Pradesh1
Jammu and Kashmir
Jharkhand
Karnataka121
Kerala2
Lakshadweep
Madhya Pradesh
Maharashtra341
Manipur1
Meghalaya1
Mizoram
Nagaland1
Odisha
Paschimbanga
Pondicherry
Punjab
Rajasthan
Sikkim
Tamil Nadu
Tripura
Uttar Pradesh
Uttarakhand1
West Bengal
Total12235432

Aloa lactinea (Cramer, [1777]): Aeginetia indica (Orobanchaceae), Anacardium occidentale (Anacardiaceae),Cochlospermum religiosum (Bixaceae), Clerodendrum infortunatum, Vitex negundo (Lamiaceae), Eleusine coracana, Pennisetum glaucum, Zea mays (Poaceae),Helianthus annuus (Compositae), Ipomoea batatas (Convolvulaceae),Ricinus communis (Euphorbiaceae), Tectona grandis, Vitex negundo (Lamiaceae),Menispermum glabrum (Menispermaceae), Vigna mungo, Senna obtusifolia, Indigofera tinctoria, Flemingia macrophylla, Crotalaria juncea, Cajanus cajan (Fabaceae) (Robinson et al. 2010).

  1. OD: Phalaena lactinea Cramer, P., 1777. Uitlandsche  Kapellen (Papillons  exotiques). Uitl. Kapellen. 2(9–16): 1–152, Pls. 97–192
  2. Walker, F. and Gray, J.E., 1855. List of the specimens of lepidopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum (Part 1-3). Order of the Trustees. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/121890#page/740/mode/1up
  3. Hampson, G. F. 1894. Moths 2. Arctiidae, Agrostidae, Noctuidae 609 p - 325 figs. Pg. 27 #1235 fg.9 as Creatonotus lactineus
  4. Singh, N., Joshi, R. and Ahmad, J., 2018. A new species of genus Neoaloa Singh & Kirti, 2015 from Bihar, India (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae: Arctiini). Zootaxa, 4486(2), pp.189-194.
  5. Singh, N. ,Joshi, R.,Kirti, J. S.,Bisht, S. S., & H. S. Param. 2021. A catalogue of Indian Arctiinae (Erebidae, Lepidoptera). Zootaxa 5058 (1): 001–118. 
  6. https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/244122-Aloa-lactinea/browse_photos [Accessed 29 August 2021]

Page citation

Anonymous 2024. Aloa lactinea (Cramer, [1777]) – Red Costate Tiger Moth. In Sondhi, S., Y. Sondhi, R.P. Singh, P. Roy and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 3.81. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.mothsofindia.org/aloa-lactinea, accessed 2024/12/03.